PART 1GENERAL
Citation, commencement and application1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and come into operation on 4th June 2020.
2
The following regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2020, whether or not anything done under these regulations is done before, on, or after that date—
a
regulation 13, 14 and 15 (removal of the yearly cap)
b
regulation 18 and the Schedule (new payments relating to student support).
3
The following regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2020 (the “current course”), whether or not anything done under these regulations is done before, on, or after that date—
a
regulation 11 (qualification for childcare grant)
b
regulation 12 (master’s degree students who have previously received a grant from the Welsh Government).
4
In paragraph (2), an “academic year” is the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins, according to whether the academic year of the course in question begins—
a
on or after 1st January and before 1st April;
b
on or after 1st April and before 1st July;
c
on or after 1st July and before 1st August; or
d
on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December.